Guarini Center

NY Climate Policy in 2025 and Beyond
2025-02-06 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | NYU School of Law, Furman Hall, Rm 216, NYU School of Law 245 Sullivan St, New York, NY, 10012, United States
After the results of the 2024 presidential election, states, cities, and other subnational actors are again coming to the forefront as climate policymakers. New York State and New York City are in the process of implementing key climate legislation and are making efforts toward a clean energy transition. However, operational, fiscal, legal, and political challenges threaten the speed and scale of the implementation of state and local climate policies, and the change in federal administration raises looming questions.
This moderated panel discussion will gather insights on the future of New York’s climate policies from multiple perspectives. We will explore key regulatory, legislative, and judicial proceedings to watch in the upcoming year and examine potential headwinds and opportunities for climate policymaking at the state and local levels.
This event is in-person only and is open to the general public. Advanced registration is required. REGISTER HERE.
CLE: This event has been approved to offer 1.5 New York State CLE credits in the category of Areas of Professional Practice. The credit is both transitional and non-transitional; it is appropriate for both experienced and newly appointed attorneys.
PROGRAM
KEYNOTE: Doreen M. Harris, President and CEO, NYSERDA
SPEAKERS:

Lisa Garcia, Adjunct Professor of Law, NYU School of Law; former EPA Region 2 Administrator
Arturo Garcia-Costas, Program Director, New York Community Trust
Michael B. Gerrard, Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Law School
Kathleen Schmid, Deputy Executive Director, NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice
Eric Walker, Energy Justice Senior Policy Manager, WE ACT for Environmental Justice

MODERATORS:

Christine Billy, Executive Director, NYU Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law
Katrina Wyman, Wilf Family Professor of Property Law, NYU School of Law

REGISTER HERE

CHILDHOOD IN THE CLIMATE CRISIS: Centering Youth in Policy and Practice
2025-09-24 17:30 - 19:30 | NYU School of Law, D’Agostino Hall, Lipton Hall, 108 West 3rd Street, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Children experience the climate crisis in myriad and far-reaching ways, but they are rarely at the center of climate conversations. This panel discussion will bring together leaders in government, medicine, philanthropy, and mental health to explore children as both the subjects and agents of climate policymaking. We will discuss how the law should consider the unique ways that children experience the climate crisis, and how to include children’s perspectives in a broader set of policies in support of a healthy and sustainable future.
This event is in-person only and is open to the general public. Advanced registration is required. Register HERE.

PROGRAM
KEYNOTE: Elisa Morgera, UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change and Human Rights; Distinguished Professor of Global Environmental Law, University of Strathclyde Law School
PANELISTS:

Meredith McDermott, Chief Sustainability & Decarbonization Officer, NYC Public Schools
Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP, Director, Center for the Investigation of Environmental Hazards, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Ansje Miller, Executive Director, Health and Environmental Funders Network
Hava Chishti & Allison Su, Gen Z Cohort, Climate Mental Health Network

MODERATOR: Christine Billy, Executive Director, Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law, NYU School of Law

CLE: This event has been approved to offer 1 New York State CLE credit in the category of Areas of Professional Practice. The credit is both transitional and non-transitional; it is appropriate for both experienced and newly appointed attorneys.

REGISTRATION:
Advanced registration is required. REGISTER HERE.

*The photos above depict portions of Kate Hartley’s North Creek Mosaic Project, printed with permission of the artist. From 2011 to 2020, Hartley developed this community art project in North Creek, NY. The mural incorporates artwork representing flora and fauna of the Adirondack region from local residents and volunteers. Local second graders, middle school and high school students participated each year for the 10 years of the project.

The Future of Environmental Conservation in New York State: Fireside Chat with Deborah Glick
2025-10-08 17:30 - 19:00 | NYU School of Law, Vanderbilt Hall, Room 214, 40 Washington Square S, New York, NY, 10012, United States
What is the role of state legislatures to lead on environmental policy? In this fireside chat with New York Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Chair of the Committee on Environmental Conservation, we will explore the levers that the New York State legislature can utilize to take climate action, hold polluters accountable, and protect New York’s wildlife and natural resources.
This event is in-person only and is open to the general public. Advanced registration is required. REGISTER HERE.
This event has been approved to offer 1.5 New York State CLE credits in the category of Areas of Professional Practice. The credit is both transitional and non-transitional; it is appropriate for both experienced and newly appointed attorneys

PROGRAM
Featured speaker:
Deborah Glick, New York Assemblymember, Chair of Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation

Moderators:
Christine Billy, Executive Director, Guarini Center; Adjunct Professor of Law, NYU School of Law
Katrina Wyman, Faculty Director, Guarini Center; Wilf Family Professor of Property Law, NYU School of Law

About Assemblymember Deborah Glick:
As a representative of Lower Manhattan for over 30 years, Deborah Glick has been a strong advocate for civil rights, reproductive freedom, animals and environmental preservation, the arts, and tenants’ rights. Glick’s recent legislative accomplishments include the passage of the Reproductive Health Act, codifying Roe v. Wade in New York State law, for which she was the lead sponsor; a bill requiring courts to consider the best interest of a companion animal when determining custody of the pet during a divorce proceeding; the renewal of the Loft Law, which brings formerly commercial buildings up to residential code and protects current tenants, many of whom are artists, from eviction; and a bill authorizing New York City to expand a life-saving speed safety camera program, allowing speed safety cameras to be installed in hundreds of school zones, an initiative proven to significantly reduce traffic crashes near schools. Her current legislative priorities include the passage of the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (PRRIA) and the Bigger Better Bottle Bill, which combined seek to advance waste reduction goals and address harms from single-use plastics and other waste materials affecting the health of New Yorkers and the environment. Glick chairs the New York Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation and also serves on the Ways and Means, Rules, and Governmental Operations Committees.
